While the title may be provocative, Malm’s work is clearly academic and pondering in nature. His examination of the current Climate Movement invites readers to examine it in a context similar to other social revolutions: India’s resistance to the British, Mandela’s efforts against apartheid, the Iranian Revolution, Arab Spring, etc. none of which could tout the absolutely purity of “non-violence.” Malm acknowledges that the reason support for Climate activism is so widespread is owed largely to its sympathetic nonviolence being a low barrier for entry. Malm believes in the urgency of the need to rethink our approach to climate policy and soundly rejects any defeatism or resignation to inevitability.